Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-05

bill was considered aud with some slight
tlnkering, called amendments, it was pass
ed The agricultural appropriation bill
passed and the Senate agreed to the confer
BILL The bin to reimburse the Freedman's
bank depositors passed, 26 to 8.
HOUSE, Feb. 26.lhe naval appro-
priation bill was finished by the committee
Of the whole and reported to the House. and
passed Isl to II.
SENATE, Feb. 28The vote stood
80 to % on the motion by Mr.. Dawes to re-.
consider thesvote by. which the Edmunds
substitute for the pleuro- pneumonia bill
passed 80. After some amendments, the
chief being the application of the bill to
swine, it was again passed 80 to 49, The
Senate passed without amendment or debate
the House bill for a board Of arbitration in
case OF differences between railroads and
their employees. The House bill also passed
to prevent the employment of convict or
alien labor upon public buildings, and the
employment OF convict labor in preparation
for public works. Both bills now 20 to the
President. The nomination Of james
Monroe Trotter (colored) for Recorder
OF Deeds for the District Of Columbia was
received. Trotter was a lieutenant in the
Goth Massachusetts coiored regiment, was
for Is years clerk in the Boston pOst-otiice
he has also been a school teacher and
author of Il book, l''Music and Musical Peo-
pie OF the Colored Race He resides at
Boston, Mass.
HOUSE, Feb. 28--Thehsheries retalia-
tory bill has failed in conference and the diff
ference between the houses is too radical to
lnQlcate a possibility OF agreement. The
Senate through Edlnunds, declines to ac-
eept the proposition OF the House as to rail-
roads The House through Belmont, con-
sldered the proposition of the Senate to limit
the retaliation to fish as a very imperfect
measure. Ii any further conference is had
the Senate m,,st call it. The House sat
until l:lO Tuesday morning in consdera-
tlon OF the legislative appropriation bill,
ana had then passed upon about half the
Dill. The prospect of completing the APP
Prlatlon bills was considerably frightened
by the days work.
SENATE, March 1.-The naval ap-
preparation bill was referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations. Upon motion Ct
MT Morgan the committee on Indian
| affairs were charged with an investigation
OF the White Earth Indians in Minnesota
and the conduct of Indian agents generally.
The House bill to provide for term Of
court at Duluth was passed. The
Senate devoted IS minutes
to pension bills and in that time passed 81,
SASoA MS CiC CttCiiudI. Liz conference re-
port on the river and harbor bill was taken
up: AS the bill passed the House it appro-
priated s., 46S,tOO, as it passed the Senate it
appropriated Sl0,620.Ou0, and by the con
ference report it appropriates $9,919,OOO.
! The bill was not finished.
HOUSE, March IA conference was
| ordered on the diplomatic and consular bill.
| The bill appropriating s2,33OO0O for the re-
malnder OF the current fiscal year and 81
6OO,OCO for the next fiscal year for the pay
! ment OF Mexican pensions was passed. The
conference report on the river and harbor
Dill was agreed to, yeas III, nays Sc, and
the bill sent to the Senate The deficiency
! appropriation bill was passed. The legisla-
| ture appropriation bill was passed under the
supervision of the rules, yeas 1885, nays II. Mr..
Belmont moved that the House recede from
ITS amendment to the Senate retaliatory to
| fisheries bill, and the question was pending
when q recess for an evening session was
| taken, at which a number OF bridge bills
were passed, among them for bridges aero s
the Missouri river at Omaha and Kansas
| City. and across the Mississippi river at
| Reokuk Iowa.
SENATE, March 2-The committee
making the Texas investigation
was given @ authority to v sit
during the recess. The naval ap-
! preparation bill after some amendment in
regard to steel cruisers was passed without
division. The Pacific railroad inquiry
passed, also the Agricultural appropriation
bill; The bill passed fixing the salary OF
| Judges of the district courts at IS, 600. In
secret session Public Printer Benedict was
confirmed. The committee on the District
OF Columbia voted adversely upon the nom
| nation Of Mi: Trotter for Recorder of Deeds
| of the District ,--.----
HOUSE, March 2-The motion pre-.
vailed to pass the retaliatory fisheries bill
as it came from the Senate. The Agricul.
tural appropriation bill passed. The con-
! ference reports on the sundry civil appro
priation bill and On the Pacific r. r. in
qulry bill were agreed to. The post Office
appropriation was ordered to further con
ference. A number of JOINT resolutions for
printing public documents passed.